Topic: Organizations and coalitions

This website provides information on a range of child health issues, including vaccines and immunization. The AAP is dedicated to improving the social, mental, and physical health and well-being of children.

After more than 15 years of providing technical assistance for child survival programs in developing countries, BASICS concluded most of its country programs on September 29, 2009. This website is dedicated to ensuring access to the tools and …

BioVentures for Global Health (BVGH) is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to save lives by accelerating the development of novel biotechnology-based drugs, vaccines, and diagnostics to address the unmet medical needs of the developing world. …

The Center for Vaccine Ethics & Policy is a program of the New York University Medical School's Division of Medical Ethics, The Wistar Institute Vaccine Center, and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia's Vaccine Education Center. Formed in …

This website provides information about the work of PATH’s Center for Vaccine Innovation and Access, which brings together expertise across every stage of vaccine research, development, and introduction to make lifesaving vaccines globally …

This web page on the Pan American Health Organization's website provides information about the IM initiative. The mission of this initiative is to promote and coordinate technical cooperation and partnerships with the private and public sectors and …

This website provides information on a consortium that aims to improve data comparability across studies in an effort to strengthen maternal immunization programs. It will provide standards and tools to establish a globally shared understanding of …

Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance is a global health partnership focused on saving children's lives and protecting people's health by increasing access to immunization in poor countries. Gavi is focused on accelerating the uptake and use of underused and …

This website provides information about the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Global Immunization Division, which works with partners to protect global citizens against contagious and life-threatening vaccine-preventable diseases.

The Global Health Technologies Coalition's website highlights the coalition's work to advocate for the development of global health tools for the developing world. The website serves as a clearinghouse for information and resources on research …

The Global Polio Eradication Initiative is a public-private partnership led by national governments and spearheaded by the World Health Organization, Rotary International, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the United Nations …

This document provides information on many of the organizations that are actively engaged in health care waste management throughout the developing world. It provides contact information, their link to health care waste management, and the type of …

The Global Vaccine Safety Initiative (GVSI) is a global collaborative effort to ensure that everyone everywhere can be protected from serious infectious diseases with minimal untoward effects from the best available vaccines. This website provides a …

Health Care Without Harm is an international coalition of more than 500 organizations in 53 countries working to ensure that the health care sector is not a source of harm to people and the environment. They aim to implement ecologically sound and …

The Immunise Australia Program aims to increase national immunization rates by fuding free vaccination programs, administering the Australian Childhood Immunization Register, and providing immunization information and resources to health …

The Immunization Action Coalition (IAC) promotes physician, community, and family awareness of, and responsibility for, appropriate immunization of all children and adults against all vaccine-preventable diseases. This US-based site has a wealth of …

This is the main web page for the World Health Organization's (WHO's) department on Immunization, Vaccines, and Biologicals. A wealth of information related to vaccines and immunization can be accessed from here, including information on specific …

Building on the work of earlier US Agency for International Development (USAID) projects, including BASICS, Partners for Health Reform Plus, and CHANGE, the IMMUNIZATIONbasics Project continued USAID's longstanding immunization support to …

This partnership of nongovernmental, professional, health, consumer, government, and private-sector organizations aims to promote the understanding and use of vaccines recommended by Canada's National Advisory Committee on Immunization. Its goal is …

This website from the Indian Academy of Pediatrics provides up-to-date information on vaccination for the general public and heath care professionals. It provides a range of resources including information about the latest recommendations by the …

The Institute for Vaccine Safety provides independent assessment of vaccine safety to help guide decision-makers and educate physicians, the public, and the media about key issues surrounding the safety of vaccines. The institute's goal is to work …

This website provides information on icddr,b's work in Bangladesh and other areas to develop and promote solutions to major health, population, and nutrition problems, particularly those involving diarrheal disease.

IFPMA represents the research-based pharmaceutical industry and other manufacturers of prescription medicines worldwide. It is the main channel of communication between this sector of the industry and the World Health Organization, as well as other …

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Some resources in the VRL require a subscription to view the full text. The World Health Organization’s (WHO) Health InterNetwork Access to Research Initiative (HINARI) provides free or very low cost online access to the major journals in biomedical and related social sciences to local, not-for-profit institutions in developing countries.